Epichloë guerinii is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

Epichloë guerinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. guerinii
Binomial name
Epichloë guerinii
(Guillaumin, Ravel & C.D.Moon) Leuchtm. & Schardl
Synonyms
  • Neotyphodium guerinii Guillaumin, Ravel & C.D.Moon

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2007,[1] Epichloë guerinii is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë gansuensis and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.

Epichloë guerinii is found in Europe, where it has been identified in the grass species Melica ciliata and Melica transsilvanica.

References

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  1. ^ Moon, Christina D.; Guillaumin, Jean-Jacques; Ravel, Catherine; Li, Chunjie; Craven, Kelly D.; Schardl, Christopher L. (2007). "New Neotyphodium endophyte species from the grass tribes Stipeae and Meliceae". Mycologia. 99 (6): 895–905. doi:10.1080/15572536.2007.11832521. ISSN 0027-5514.